Debridement (>20 cm) charge pt at CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital

1 Saint Joseph Drive, Lexington, KY · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1437150984

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$285.01

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$605.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$102.42 with Passport by Molina vs $453.75 with United — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Passport by Molina Medicaid|All Plans $102.42 ↓ -64%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $115.37 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $117.72 ↓ -59%
United Medicaid|All Plans $120.08 ↓ -58%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $121.26 ↓ -57%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $123.61 ↓ -57%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $270.32 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $290.40 ↑ +2%
United Commercial|Non-Options $318.28 ↑ +12%
United Commercial|Options $318.28 ↑ +12%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $335.72 ↑ +18%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $335.72 ↑ +18%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $344.44 ↑ +21%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $344.44 ↑ +21%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $344.44 ↑ +21%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $396.76 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|PPO $453.75 ↑ +59%

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Debridement (>20 cm) charge pt at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $116.09 $70.64 – $262.99
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $88.70 $50.77 – $167.44
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $224.66 $128.31 – $557.83
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $149.88 $59.98 – $382.20
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $272.39 $113.25 – $584.22
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester $934.77 not published

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